Course Description
An agile mindset is the set of attitudes supporting an agile working environment. These include respect, collaboration, improvement and learning cycles, pride in ownership, focus on delivering value, and the ability to adapt to change.
This training course is concerned with the use of Agile practices in projects, product and software development and the syllabus is designed to ensure the candidate has suitable knowledge of the core concepts of Agile practices, the Agile values, and principles, across a breadth of Agile methodologies; it does not solely focus on one specific methodology.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Recall The Origins Of Agile Methods.
- Understand And Apply The Core Values And Principles Of Agile Methods.
- Know The Difference Between The Defined Process And The Empirical Processes Used In Agile.
- Explain The Issues Identified In The Traditional / Waterfall Approach.
- Recognize Myths That Are Often Attributed To Agile Practices.
- Know The Different Approaches To The Empirical Model For Improvement And Change.
- Explain The Business Culture And The Economic Case Required For Agile.
- Understand The Implication Of Agile Practices On Individuals, Teams, And Businesses.
- Explain The Way In Which We Engage Customers Into An Agile Project.
- Know-How We Respond To Change In An Agile Project.
- Describe The Common Agile Roles, Techniques, And Practices.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone requiring an understanding of Agile as well as organizational leaders and managers wanting to understand the value of Agile practices or those who work in an Agile environment, including software testers, developers, product owners, business analysts, and Scrum Masters.
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section One: The Agile Manifesto, Rationale & Benefits Of Agile
- 4 Values And 12 Principles
- History Of Agile
- Empirical And Defined Processes
- The Pillars Of The Empirical Process
- The Waterfall Approach
- The Iron Triangle Of Project Constraints
- Working With Uncertainty And Volatility
- Agile Myths
- Empirical Models For Improvement And Change
- Business Culture And Agile
- The Economic Case For Agile
- The Life Cycle Of Product Development
Section Two: Individuals And Their Interactions
- Motivated And Talented Individuals
- Emergent Design From Self-organizing Teams
Section Three: Working Systems Over Comprehensive Documentation
- Satisfy The Customer With Continuous Delivery Of Value
- Deliver Working Systems Frequently
- Working Systems As A Measure Of Progress
- Technical Excellence And Good Design
- Business People And Developers Must Work Together
- Face-to-face Communications
- Reflect And Adjust Regularly
Section Four: Common Agile Roles And Techniques
- The Role Of The Customer
- The Role Of The Team
- The Role Of The Agile Leader
- The Role Of Stakeholders
- The Agile Mindset
- User Stories
- Acceptance Criteria And Scenarios
- MoSCoW Prioritization
- Estimation Using Story Points
- Agile Quality Assurance And Testing
Section Five: Common Agile Practices And Relevant Methods
- Short Feedback Loops
- Focus On Quality
- Emergent Documentation
- Visual Boards
- Team Synchronization Meeting
- Show And Tells
- Retrospectives And Continuous Improvement
- Scrum, Xp, Dsdm Atern, Kanban, Lean, Lean Startup